Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Las Cruces, NM Metro Area's poverty rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
22.0%
2023
18.4%
Total change
-3.6 pp
% change
-16.4%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22.0% | — |
| 2019 | 21.5% | -0.5 pp (-2.3%) |
| 2020 | 20.7% | -0.8 pp (-3.7%) |
| 2021 | 19.4% | -1.3 pp (-6.3%) |
| 2022 | 19.1% | -0.3 pp (-1.5%) |
| 2023 | 18.4% | -0.7 pp (-3.7%) |